The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
THE DALLES - -. - - - OREGON.
Entered at the l'ostofllee ut Tlie Dalles, Oregon,
uk second-class matter.
STATE OFFICIALS.
tlovemor ...... S. Pennover
Secretary if State G. W. MoHride
Treasurer Phillip Metxcbiui
Supt. o( Public Instruction E. B. MeElroy
' (J. X. Dolph
enMtorK j J. H. Mitchell
Congressman . IS. Hermann
State Printer ,. Frank linker
COVSTX OFFICIALS.
Comity Judge , ...C. Nr Thornbury
Sheriff. D. L. Cates
Clerk J. K. Crossen
TreiiHiirer Geo. Rueh
CommlsMuners ?nlVKd
Assessor John K. Burnett
Surveyor K. F. Sharp
Kuerinti'iidciit of Public Schools. ..Troy Shelley
Coroner ..William Michell
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
MCCOY'S APOLOGY.
In the Timen-Mountaineer of last Fri
day Representative McCoy cominumea
tes over three columns of closely printed
matter, containing his apology for the
course he adopted during the last legis
lature, which resulted in the defeat of
what is known as the Raley bill." He
submits a report signed by himself, H.
B. Miller and J. F. Henry, the three
representatives who were members of
the joint committee, who, together with
Senators Watkins and Moore were ap
pointed by the Oregon legislature to
confer with a like committee from Wash
ington as to "the feasibility, advisabil
ity, propriety and probability of joint
action between the two states in build
ing a portage, railway around the Dalles
of the Columbia." The report so sub
mitted Mr. McCoy presents as the
ground upon which he seeks to justify
. his action. But he expects more than
mere justification. He thinks that after
his constituents have read this leport
they will unaimously conclude that the
Raley bill would have "doubled the tax
es of the state, produced no benefit or
relief to the people but would rather
complicate, "retard and delay the open
ing of the river." In fact Mr. McCoy
expects to convince "any person of can
did mind" that if the Raley bill was not
framed in the interest of railroads "the
facts in the case are that all the known
representatives of the railroad company,
in both houses, were in favor of and
voted and worked for the Raley bill;"
(which is hard on Senator Hilton, by
the way. very.)
Mr. McCoy's expectations put our
credulity to a severe test. If he can
make us believe that he has outwitted
the railroad men we will send him back
to the next legislature 'f we have to
transport him on one of Ids own "scows."
If he can make us believe that he has
fooled Jay Gould, by defeating the Ra
ley bill, we will never more complain
because the legislature made no appro
priation for the world's fair. Oregon
will send Mr. McCoy. She needs no
other exhibit to proclaim here the great
est state on earth. '
To put it mildly, Mr. McCoy's apology
is disingennous. He speeks of o.ly one
report from the joint committee. Tliere
were two. The first in the order of time
whs made by Senator Watkins, was
signed by that gentleman and Senator
Moore, and was handed to Mr. McCoy
by Senator Watkins, in person. . It did
not suit Mr. McCoy, it is to be presumed.
It merely recited the fact that the joiut
committee had been instructed "to con
fer with a like committee from Washing
ton as to the feasibility advisability,
propriety and probability of joint action
between the two states" and stated that
. after such conference, joint action "was
iouna to te impracticable owning to- a
clause in the constitution of Washington
which prohibits that state from assisting
financially any public highway not en
tering or traversing two or more counties.
This report was never heard of after it
was handed to Mr. McCoy ; and what
became of it that . gentleman can best
tell. Had it been adopted by the house
members of the joint . committee it
would not have affected the Raley bill
It had no suggestion about building
a scow. It said nothing , about the
portage road costing a million dollars
and an interminable law suit. It gave
no lessons ' about losses of wheat, by
irequent nancmngs, increasing in
"geometrical progression." Jay Gould
and Mr. McCoy had therefore no use for
it and Mr. McCoy quietly consigned it
to an early grave.
Mr. McCoy tells us his report was the
"unanimous conclusion of twelve men
of which he was one. Why then did not
' these men all sign it? Senator. Wat
kins did not sign it. Senator Moore did
not sign it, and it goes without saying
that the Whehington members of com
- mittee did not sign it. Yet it was the
"unanimous conclusion' 01 twelve men
and only three, McCoy, Miller and
Henry had the courage of their convic
tions. In short, Watkins, Moore and
Kevins, would not sign it. They saw
through the thin guise of its design and
refused to sign it. -
But they had no business to sign it
The report contained a mass of matter
wholly irrevelant to the object of the
joint committee. What business had
committee, appointed to enquire as to
the practicability of concurrent action
of two states, in the matter of building
a portage road between The Dalles and
Celilo to report a long winded speech' of
a crack brained steamboat captain about
the impossibility of bringing heavily
laden boats up to the lower locks at the
at the Cascades? Or a desertation by
Major Handbury about the fatality of
finishing the work by contract or- the
amount of his latest estimate for their
completion? Or the opinion of an im
practicable visionary about the cost of a
scow? Or a lecture on "geometrical
progression" by a railroad mathematic
ian? Interesting as all this might be as
a matter of information, it had no place
in the committee's report.
But the Raley bill must be killed
and if "official" estimates are not suf
ficient, unofficial ones must be resorted
to. One estimate, (the report does not
say clearly by whom it was made,) fixes
the cost of a portage railroad at Celilo,
we presume on the Washington side, at
$300,000. Another was presented by
Major Handbury for the same side,
made three years ago which places the
cost at $431,500. The remarks of Major
Handbury, in another connection
would lead us to infer that his estimate
was made purposely high, to allow for
the notoriously slow and costly manage
ment of any- work prosecuted under
government control. Major Handbury
stated that three years ago, "a survey
was commenced on the Oregon side
but was found so much more costly that
it was abandoned." Commenting on
this in his opology Mr. McCoy reports
the major to have said "that it was
found no costly that it was abandoned."
This is not what Major Handbury said.
He simply compares the cost of con
struction on the Oregon side with that
on ashington and declares it to be
'much more costly." The effort of Mr.
McCoy is to make it appear that the
road could not be built on this side
without an expense that would "double
the taxes of the state;" and that would
be awful, you know, on the dear people.
But to make his caeB still stronger Mr.
McCoy goes outside the report and takes
the unofficial statement of a man, who
by his own confession, never surveyed
the road, that it would cost a million.
And as if this was not sufficient to kill the
Raley bill beyond hope of resurrection,
he invokes the spirit of prophesy and
assures us that the building of a road
on the Oregon side would involve a
law suit with the Union Pacific
that would last "ten or twenty years,"
and to crown all he avows that
some steamboat captain told him that
without a scow, a portage road would be
of no account anyhow. Assuming the
honesty of Mr. McCoy what shall we
sayof his credulitv? If he retains his
honor where is his judgement?
The cost of the road a million dollars,
when a of the same committee had an
offer in his pocket from a thoroughly
responsible person offering to build the
load for the sum appropriated in the
Raley bill ! Losses on wheat bv frequent
handling increasing in geometrical pro
gression, us if nothing else than wheat
was to be shipped over the road! And
a twenty years lawsuit with the Union
Pacific! Bah! Jav Gould has pulled
the wool over somebodv's eves: that's
all.
CURSED WITH POLITICS.
- The country is cursed with politics.
we mean politics of the partisan stripe,
We suppose it is treason to say so,
but we know of " no good reason un
der heaven why a man should be
elected to a county or muncipal office
merely because he belongs to some one
political party. Yet all over this broad
land, things have come to such a pass,
that a city policeman cannot be appoint
ed or a precinct constable elected unless
politics have something to do with it.
The government of American cities has
through this means become a disgrace to
civilization. The rottenness and corrup
tion of such large centers of population
as New York .Chicago, and to come nearer
home, San Franf isco and Portland call
to heaven for vengence and reformation.
No cities on earth are so badly governed
as American cities. This is so true that
it has passed into a proverb. The larger
the population the worse the govern
ment and rice verta. We know of no
remedy but a moral reformation of the
people themselves, and a thorough
divorcement of politics and municipal
government.
Is Disease s Punishment.
The following advertisement, published
by a prominent western patent medicine
house would indicate that they regard
disease as a punishment for sin :
. I T'A ' 1 . 1 . 1 ...
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kindness to man gives timely warning
and plainly tells you in nature's way,
that as a punishment for some indiscre
tion, you are to be afflicted with a cold
unless you choose to ward it off bv
prompt action. The first symptoms of a
cold, in most cases, is a dry, loud cough
ana sneezing. ne cougnis soon followed
by a profuse watery expectoration and
the sneezing by a profuse watery dis
charge from the nose. In severe cases
there is a thin white coating on the
tongue. What to do? It is only necessary
to take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
in double doses every hour. That will
greatly lessen the severity of the 'cold
and in most cases will effectually count
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a severe cold within one or two days
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cent bottles for sale by Snipes & Kiners
ley, druggists.
St. Louis is now the largest fur market
in the United States. At a recent sale
of pelts in that city more than a million
skins of coon, muskrat, skunk, mink,
gray fox and opossum were disposed of.
FARM AND GARDEN.
OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES
IN LIFE ON THE FARM.
The Takriaaa Clovers mad Ttielr
BcqalmMafal A Stretch of th Crimson
Clover About Vfhicb Differing Opinions
Wero Bxprnwd Lju Wnonaa.
Alfalfa, otherwise known as Lucerne,
requires a rich, deep soil, and in snch
will produce several crops every season.
From ten to fif
teen pounds of
seed are required
to the acre. '
Alaike -resembles
in- growth,
duration, etc.,
the red clover. It
thrives well in
cold, wet and
stiff soils. The
rule in seeding is
ten pounds to the
acre.
Kidney vetch,
or sand clover, is
a deep rooted,
he r b ace on s,
hardy perennial
plant, valuable
for drv sands and
iufprinr ftrkilA.
. , i CRIMSON CLOVER,
upon which red
clover will not thrive. It is useful in
mixture for dry soil. ,
Bed clover is a perennial but of very
few years' duration. It is nutritions and
voluble in moist locations. The large
red or pea vine clover, also known as
English cow grass, is a reliable sort for
plowing under. White clover is espe
cially prized for lawns and pastures.
Crimson clover, a sketch of which is
here reproduced from James M. Tbor
bnrn & Co.'s annual descriptive cata
logue for 1891, is an annual with crimson
flowers, about which many reports were
made last season, some exceedingly com
mendatory, while others were not favor
able. Thorburn says that "sown late in
the summer it furnishes an early green
fodder the following season; it is also
excellent for soiling." Beal Bays, "It
belongs to a warm climate, and is not so
popular at the north as is red clover."
Japan clover is a perennial, voluble
only in southern localities, where it
thrives in any soiL It makes a fair hay,
and stock eat it readily when green.
Pot&to Kyportmf ntt.
Of 129 varieties and seedlings of the
potato tested the past season at the Wis
consin station, the following ten were
most productive, yielding in the order
named: Seedling from C. E. Angell,
Rose Beauty, Monarch, Duplex, . Late
Beauty of Hebron. Mullaly, Alexander's
Prolific, Seneca Bed Jacket, White Beau
ty of Hebron and Wisconsin Beauty.
Placed in the order of their table quality,
these varieties would rank as follows:
Alexander's Prolific, White Beauty of
Hebron, Late Beauty of Hebron, Duplex,
Monarch. Wisconsin Beauty, Seneca Bed
Jacket, Bose Beauty, Mullaly, seeding
from C. E. Angell. Both with cuttings
and whole tubers, the largest merchant
able yield came from the heaviest seed
ing, Though the increase of merchantable
yield was by no means in proportion to
the increase of seed. The proportion of
small potatoes increased with the increase
of seed. The smaller whole potatoes gave
inferior results to the smaller cuttings.
Two single eyes in a hill yielded decided
ly more than one, without a correspond
ing increase in small potatoes. No loss
in yield followed planting in hills as com
pared with drills. The results were clearly
opposed to cutting off the "seed end1 of
the potato before planting. No advan
tage followed sprinkling thecuttings with
land plaster before planting.
An Ingenious Contrrraaee.
A Wisconsin farmer, A. K. M. Pomeroy
by name, sent to The Farm Journal not
long ago the drawing, here reproduced,
of a reel for use in building or moving
barb or plain wire fence. It takes two
to operate it one to guide and one to
to trsis nr kjildcko wise vkhcb.
torn the reel. The cat Is so-plain it needs
little explanation. The uprights are
braced by iron rods, and a peg pat
through one of the standards prevents
both the wheel and the reel from revolv
ing. Mr. Pomeroy fiacetioasly remarks: "If
you do not want it yourself yon can
lend it to the neighbors. Mints goes all
aroond the neighborhood."
Oats Wor-Ury at XrtaL
Of the large number of varieties of
oate tried at the Illinois agricultural ex
periment station, the so-called "rust
proof zed or dun colored varieties from
Texas gave the largest yield in 1890, but
the smallest yield in 1889. Among the
white varieties the Early Dakota and
Prmgie's Progress gave the largest yieids.
Of the black varieties Black Rumim and
New Dakota Gray stood first, with
Black Highlander next in order.
A Word AbMt Timothy Seed. '
From careful germination tests made
by Professor Goff , of the Wisconsin sta
tion, Uhas been found that the hulled
grainsofjfanothy seed neither germinate
so well norretain their vitality so long
as those not hulled; also that timothy
seed, when properly stored, is fairly re
liable up to rive years old.
SNIPES & KINERSLEY,
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AGENCY.
Opef a House Bloek,3d St.
W. E. GARRETSON.
Leatfiit Jeweler.
SOLE AGKXT FOK THE -
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
'138 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
PIDIEe&BEJITO)!,
-PROPR1KTOR8 OF-
The Dalles Ice Co.
Are putting up an additional ice house
near the freight depot on the track.
They will have better facilities for hand
ling ice than any other firm in town,
and one buying ice from them can rest
assured that they will be supplied
through the whole season, without an
advance in price.
MAIER & BENTON.
Cop. Third and Union Streets.
Chas. Stublingy
FBOPKIETOB OF THE
New Yogt Block, Second St.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Liquor v Dealer,
MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT.
FOR FINE
Commercial Job Printing
COME TO
THE CHRONICLE OFFICE.
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING.
Notice to the Subscribers of
The Dalles, Portland and
Astoria Navigation Co.
THE FIEST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
subscribers to The Dalles, Portland and
Astoria Navigation Company will be held at the
rooms of the Board of Trade at Dalles City, Ore
iron, on Saturday. ADril 4th. 1891. at 2 o'clock n.
m., for the purpose of electing officers for the
ensuinir year, ana me transaction oi sucn otner
business as may legitimately come before the
meeting.
By Order of the Incorporators of said Com
pany. - .
mTTTTi inw
The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation on
is a thriving, prosperous city. vv
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agri
cultural and grazing country, its trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over twe
hundred miles.
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET.
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
of the the Cascades furnishes pasture for thousands
of sheen t.rie -Tmrl -fWi-m itt'UI'u 4s-.ja i j. i
ri " wj. wmviu jj.jj.u.0 i-D.O, l JltJie. A
The Dalles is the largest
point in America, about
shipped this year.
THE VINEYARD OF OREGON".
The country near The Dalles produces splendid
crops of cereals, and its fruits cannot be excelled. It
is the vineyard of Oregon,
fornia's best,-and its other fruits, apples, pears,
prunes, cherries etc., are unsurpassed.
ITS PRODUCTS.
The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columbia
yielding this year a revenue of $1,500,000 which can1
and will be more than doubled in the near future.
The products of the beautiful Klickital valley find
market here, and the country south and east has this
year filled the warehouses, and all available storage
places to overflowing with their products.
ITS WEALTH
It is the richest city of its size on the coast, and its
money is scattered over and is being used to develop,
more farming country than is tributary to any other
city in Eastern Oregon.
Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight
ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
-FOR-
Carpets ami " Furniture,
CO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied as to
QUALITY AND PRICES.
S. L. YOUNG,
(Successor to K. KECK.)
-DEALER IN-
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SmiffiITOE,:-:ETG.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn has removed his
office and the office of the
Electric Light Co. to 72
Washington St.
-V. V-Mt r, ' ,; v1'.X
a -r tt -moi
the Middle Columbia, and
original -wool shipping
5,000,000 pounds being
Z,
its grapes equalling Cali
The successful merchant is
the one who watches the mar
kets and buysto the best advan
tage. The most prosperous family is
the one that takes advantage of
low prices.
The Dalles
MERCANTILE GO.
Successor to
BROOKS & BEERS.
will sell yon choice
Groceries and Provisions
OF ALL KINDS, AKD
AT MOKE RKA80NABI.ES RATES
THAN ANT OTHER PLACE
IN THE CITT.
chases without charge. r
390 AND 394 SECOND STREET.
John Pashek,
jnercAaat Tailor.,
Third Street, Opera iCt.
Madison's Latest System,
Used in cutting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each time.
Repairing and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done.
FINE FARM TO RENT.
THE FARM KNOWN AS THE "MOORE
Farm" situated on Three Mile creekabout
two and one-hkli miles from The Dalles, will be
leased for one or more years at a low rent to any
responsible tenant. This farm bae upon it a
good dwelling house end necessary out build
ings, about two acres of orchard, about three
hundred acres under cultivation, a large portion
of the land will raise a pood volunteer wheat
crop in 1891 with ordinarily favorable weather.
The farm is well watered. For terms and particu
lars enquire of Mrs. Sarah A. Moore or at the offic
of Mays, Huntington & Wilson, The Dalles, On
" ' SARAH A. MOORE, Executrix.